A guide to creating models of the World War II warship, featuring history on the ship as well as crafting tips.The "ShipCraft" series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, fea...

Winner of the Prix MédicisThe award-winning literary nonfiction writer turns to his own family’s archive and unlocks a century of war, obsession, deception, and truth.The day Emmanuel Carrère is set to fly to Russia for the film adaptation of his book Limonov, a “special military operation” begins in Ukraine. Unease ripples across the world. Nevertheless, Carrère goes and, finding himself called to report on the unfolding events an...

"An inspirational/enjoyable book with excellent representations of a wide variety of [Motor Torpedo Boats] by various modelers in a variety of scales."— ModelGeekThe ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sisterships and changes in their appearance over thei...

ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2024**One of the London Times’ Nine Best Literary Nonfiction Books of the Year“Extraordinary . . . Absolutely gripping.” —Chris Power, The Guardian**“Moving and masterful . . . [A] magnificent book.” —Becca Rothfeld, The Washington PostA moving, hard-hitting account of the Paris attacks trial by France’s leading nonfiction writer.

The first volume is devoted to Canada, the second to the United States. Lambert landed at Quebec in October 1806. He furnishes a picture of the place of that date, and describes the social manners, dress and political events which were happening, with more than the usual care bestowed by the passing traveller. Much of his historical narrative, however, is not in accordance with fact, having been disproved by authentic document . From Quebec he visited Three Rivers and Montreal, and ascendi...

The first volume is devoted to Canada, the second to the United States. Lambert landed at Quebec in October 1806. He furnishes a picture of the place of that date, and describes the social manners, dress and political events which were happening, with more than the usual care bestowed by the passing traveller. Much of his historical narrative, however, is not in accordance with fact, having been disproved by authentic document . From Quebec he visited Three Rivers and Montreal, and ascendi...

"Fields of Light" is a collection of noetic prose, poems and song poems inspired by John Lambert's near-death experience at age 19. The collection is punctuated with references to mythical and mystical traditions that emphasize the transcendent in our humanness. From the I Ching to Frances Bacon, John's use of language playfully invites readers to open themselves to the goodness and beauty within and around them. "Fields of Light" is a lyrical exploration of the spirituality each of us can...

It's sometimes difficult for those of us steeped in the comforts and ease of today’s modern world to grasp what a life of radical faith can look like. What was ministry like for missionaries living a hundred years ago? What happened "back in the day" when brave missionary pioneers forsook all to follow the calling of God into completely unknown territories? How did God’s faithfulness sustain them?This collection of 24 short stories of missionary adventures from around the globe is ...

Named a Best Book of 2022 by The GuardianThis is a book about yoga. Or at least, it was.Emmanuel Carrère is a renowned writer. After decades of emotional upheaval, he has begun to live successfully—he is healthy; he works; he loves. He practices meditation, striving to observe the world without evaluating it. In this state of heightened awareness, he sets out for a ten-day silent retreat in the French heartland, leaving his phone, ...

Named a Best Book of the Year by Vogue, BBC, and Hudson BooksellersA New Yorker Recommended Read of the YearAn autobiographical novel from Édouard Louis, hailed as one of the most important voices of his generation—about social class, transformation, and the perils of leaving the past behind.One question took center stage in my life, it focused all my thoughts and occupied every moment when I wa...

In Self-Portrait Abroad, our narrator—a Belgian author much like Toussaint himself—travels the globe, finding the mundane blended everywhere with the exotic: With his usual poker face, he keeps up on Corsican gossip in Tokyo and has a battle of nerves in a butcher shop in Berlin; he wins a boules tournament in Cap Corse, takes in a strip club in Japan's historic Nara, gets pulled through Hanoi on a cycle rickshaw, and has a chance encounter on the road from Tunis to Sfax. Tales of...

"A little thing happened to me. Which could have just as easily happened to you. You're on vacation in a hotel with your son in a small village and you're about to go see some friends, but something holds you back, a mysterious reticence that prevents you from going to find them. Here is the novel of this reticence, small and specific, and of the fears that it instigates, little by little. Because not only are your friends not there when you do decide to go find them, but, several days lat...